Grantmaking at AFC
We strive to be nimble and responsive to the community, maintaining an array of funding strategies for both small, grassroots organizations and large institutions.
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Apply for a grant from the AIDS Funding Collaborative.
Discretionary Grants
Short-term grants up to $5,000
Catalyst Grants
Mid-range grants for innovative HIV-related efforts in specific neighborhoods or networks
Responsive Grants
1-year grants to support the AFC’s strategic priorities
Targeted Grants
Larger discretionary grants intended to strategically support the community
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Does your organization aim to increase access to care and decrease the spread of HIV? Apply for a grant or become a funding partner to help us minimize political and other barriers to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Our grantees
Each year we award grants for short-term needs all the way to multi-year, strategic community investments. View the complete list of grantees 2020-2023.
2023 Grantees
LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland: Q-You program for LGBTQ+ youth, $40,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio: HIV testing, prevention, and education in Cuyahoga County, $50,000
Project LIFT Behavioral Health Services: HIV testing project, $20,000
University Settlement: Conducting HIV/AIDS capacity building in Slavic Village, $50,000
Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center: 2023 National Latinx Conference, $4,800
ROOTED in the Community: Bringing Youth on Board healing weekend, $4,000
The Centers: Syringe Exchange Program, $100,000
2022 Grantees
LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland: Q-You program for LGBTQ+ youth, $52,079
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio: HIV testing, prevention, and education in Cuyahoga County, $50,000
Serenity Health and Wellness; fiscal sponsor Ginn Foundation: HIV education and outreach project, $50,000
University Settlement: Conducting HIV/AIDS capacity building in Slavic Village, $20,000
Ursuline Piazza: Educating and supporting people living with HIV to live better, healthier lives, $30,000
We Think 4 a Change: Get in Care, Stay in Care, Thrive in Care program, $50,000
2021 Grantees
CME Program CWRU School of Medicine: Advanced Management Issues in HIV Care $1,000
Equality Ohio: 2021 Summer HIV/AIDS Legal Research Fellows $5,000
May Dugan: All Staff Training $4,350
Art of Me: HIV/AIDS Voices Publication and Podcast Project$20,000
Pregnant with Possibilities Resource Center: The Real, Sexuality Education Program $17,000
LGBT Center: Q-You $50,000
We Think 4 A Change: Get in Care, Stay in Care, Thrive in Care $50,000
2020 Grantees
Equality Ohio: Summer HIV/AIDS Legal Research Fellows $5,000
Equitas Health: Transforming Care Conference scholarships $5,000
Ohio University (fiscal sponsor) HIV Prevention and Testing in Homeless by Doctors on the Streets $5,808
LGBT Center: Q-You $54,000
Preterm: HIV Testing and Prevention for Buckeye-Shaker at Preterm $50,000
Ursuline Piazza: Ursuline Piazza $50,000
We Think 4 A Change: The We Think 4 A Change Core Framework $43,000
2019 Grantees
Care Alliance Health Center: supporting sustainability of the community HIV testing program, $20,000
LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland: Q-You program for LGBTQ+ youth, $50,000
Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center: support for fiscal operations, $10,000
University Settlement: HIV/AIDS assessment; capacity-building in Broadway-Slavic Village, $25,000
Ursuline Piazza: capacity building efforts to support self-care programs for HIV-positive clients, $50,000
Grantmaking Forms
Start here to apply for a discretionary, catalyst, responsive, or targeted grant from the AIDS Funding Collaborative.